Yeah, they're making too much heat right now, have to shut down the 285s until tonight. Temps are dropping outside quickly though. Once I get my 2nd 480, by then temps should be really good, and I can run 24/7. Here winter, here boy!
Edit: sheesh, I'm already at 14th! Guess I have to help now, didn't realize you guys were that short....

Yeah, they're making too much heat right now, have to shut down the 285s until tonight. Temps are dropping outside quickly though. Once I get my 2nd 480, by then temps should be really good, and I can run 24/7. Here winter, here boy!
Edit: sheesh, I'm already at 14th! Guess I have to help now, didn't realize you guys were that short....

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Just think what it's like having three Fermi cards and three overclocked quad core CPUs in a dorm room

Heheh, ouch, yep that must be major heat output! I'm lucky that outside temps are dropping fast, so I'll be able to go 24/7 soon. Great white north and all....!
Edit: hehe, already cooled down enough that I fired them back up... gotta love fall!

I know I said I was not gonna run GPU's, but you know how that goes. Cranking up some crunching rigs and I'll have empty slots. Already have a GTX460 folding and should have a GTX275 up later today. Every little bit helps!

I know I said I was not gonna run GPU's, but you know how that goes. Cranking up some crunching rigs and I'll have empty slots. Already have a GTX460 folding and should have a GTX275 up later today. Every little bit helps!

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Awesome! I love my GPUs, the consistent points very nice. Heat output is amazing though

I owe many thanks to Bogmali who helped with the purchase of these and shipping them to me.
They're Folding right now with a couple of 8018's and getting 39,000 PPD! I did not expect a 10,000 PPD jump from my pair of 460's. They do run hot, however, with the warmest running at 90C.

I owe many thanks to Bogmali who helped with the purchase of these and shipping them to me.
They're Folding right now with a couple of 8018's and getting 39,000 PPD! I did not expect a 10,000 PPD jump from my pair of 460's. They do run hot, however, with the warmest running at 90C.

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That's amazing!

I think you may have been getting slightly low PPD on the GTX460s, on the P8018s I get ~32.5k PPD between the two.

Well, odd. Even with fahtracker2, I can't get the 480 to fold, at least not right, only goes to like 30% usage, and even then I'm not sure it's doing anything. It just does not like that 260 being there!

Are they running in a case or naked? Consider using some 120mm spot fans? Congrats on the upgrade!

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Thanks. They're in a CM ATCS 840, a monstrous all aluminum case with 3 23 CM fans, 2 of which blow out and 1 in. I'm actually wondering if it's the air coming into the case that's hindering the card from cooling its self. These cards have what GB calls "parallel-inclined" fans that force most of the air toward the rear of the case. Those two 23 CM fans pull a lot of air through the expansion slots, so I am thinking that the air coming in "stuffs"(I'm watching football) the air trying to flow out the back of the card.

I think you may have been getting slightly low PPD on the GTX460s, on the P8018s I get ~32.5k PPD between the two.

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I'm a scaredy-cat. I won't raise the voltage on a card to OC it. Therefore, I had the 460's running at, at the most, 780 MHz. Most recent Folding has been done at stock (715) or 750. And, I haven't even tried to OC the 560's yet.

I owe many thanks to Bogmali who helped with the purchase of these and shipping them to me.
They're Folding right now with a couple of 8018's and getting 39,000 PPD! I did not expect a 10,000 PPD jump from my pair of 460's. They do run hot, however, with the warmest running at 90C.

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Nice upgrade! Are you running the fans on those gpu's with stock settings?

Well, odd. Even with fahtracker2, I can't get the 480 to fold, at least not right, only goes to like 30% usage, and even then I'm not sure it's doing anything. It just does not like that 260 being there!

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Which Nvidia drivers are you using? I never went above 270.xx when folding gpu's. I will post a pic of my favorite Nvidia driver. It also works with my GTX 570.